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The Relationship Between Feeding and Fecundity of Females of Heterodera Avenae

The Relationship Between Feeding and Fecundity of Females of Heterodera Avenae THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEEDING AND FECUNDITY OF FEMALES OF HETERODERA AVENAE BY R. COOK Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, United Kingdom A continuing supply of food was found to be necessary for maximum egg production by Hetero- dera avenae. In glasshouse experiments a minimum of 28 days on the host was necessary before egg production; females allowed to feed longer produced more eggs and formed larger cysts than starved females. On intact root systems of defoliated plants some egg production was possible; young females on detached root pieces or freed from roots had sufficient food reserves for limited egg production. Changes in host physiology associated with anthesis did not affect fecundity, and there were no differences in egg contents of females from a very early maturing host and from one which remained vegetative throughout the nematode life cycle. Production of eggs by females of the cereal cyst-nematode, Heterodera avenae Wollenweber, is reduced on barley plants whose roots are infected with the fungus Gaeumanzzomyce.r graminis (Cook, 1975). This reduced fecundity was attributed to either fungal infection of the syncytial feeding site or to death of roots, with the starved females unable to continue egg production. There was however http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nematologica Brill

The Relationship Between Feeding and Fecundity of Females of Heterodera Avenae

Nematologica , Volume 23 (3): 8 – Jan 1, 1977

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0028-2596
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1875-2926
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10.1163/187529277X00129
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEEDING AND FECUNDITY OF FEMALES OF HETERODERA AVENAE BY R. COOK Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, United Kingdom A continuing supply of food was found to be necessary for maximum egg production by Hetero- dera avenae. In glasshouse experiments a minimum of 28 days on the host was necessary before egg production; females allowed to feed longer produced more eggs and formed larger cysts than starved females. On intact root systems of defoliated plants some egg production was possible; young females on detached root pieces or freed from roots had sufficient food reserves for limited egg production. Changes in host physiology associated with anthesis did not affect fecundity, and there were no differences in egg contents of females from a very early maturing host and from one which remained vegetative throughout the nematode life cycle. Production of eggs by females of the cereal cyst-nematode, Heterodera avenae Wollenweber, is reduced on barley plants whose roots are infected with the fungus Gaeumanzzomyce.r graminis (Cook, 1975). This reduced fecundity was attributed to either fungal infection of the syncytial feeding site or to death of roots, with the starved females unable to continue egg production. There was however

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Published: Jan 1, 1977

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